HELLO, GEORGE HERE, ORIGINALLY FROM BKLYN , NY.... LIVE IN FLA. INBOUND TODAY, FROM WILDWOOD (THANKS LANCE AND THE SHIPPING GUYS, EDD), EXPECTING FEDEX TO DELIVER A BRAND NEW WILDWOOD SPEC, LES PAUL STANDARD, GLOSS, BRAND SPANKING NEW PAUL BROWN, GIBSON CUSTOM SHOP 1958 HISTORIC LES PAUL WITH ROUNDED 60s STYLE V2 NECK PROFILE WITH WILDWOOD UNDERWOUND CUSTOM BUCKERS. GREG KOCH DEMOED THIS GUITAR ALONG WITH ANOTHER THAT WERE AMONG THE 5 GUITARS IN CONTENTION...THREE WERE 1960s; TWO WERE R8 WITH 60s NECKS....COSMETICS ASIDE FOR THE MOMENT....I ASKED LANCE...TO LISTEN AND PLAY EM ALL AND PICK OUT A WINNER. PLAY THEM ACOUSTICALLY..LOUD RINGING SUSTAIN...THIS GUITAR IS 8.42 LBS. I WAS SECRETLY PULLING FOR ONE OF THE TWO GUITARS GREG DEMOED...I COULD SEE HE WAS INSPIRED BY THESE GUITARS...AND IT SHOWED IN HIS PLAYING..THE SUSTAIN WAS VERY EVIDENT......I ALSO WATCHED MANY OTHER VIDEOS AND I REALIZED THAT THE GUITAR WAS A REALLY FINE SPECIMEN. I AM EXCITED, CURRENTLY HAVE A GROSH RETRO CLASSIC AND A LATE 70s D35. ONCE UPON A TIME, I OWNED BACK IN 71 A LES PAUL CUSTOM....IT''S A TERRIBLE STORY..I DO NOT HAVE IT ANY MORE..ALL I HAVE IS THE BLACK LEATHER STRAP THAT CAME WITH PAULS IN THOSE DAYS..I USE IT EXCLUSIVELY ON THE GROSH...DO THE NEW GUITARS COME WITH A QUALITY STRAP ?..ARE THERE ANY RECOMMENDED STRAPS..I WAS LOOKING AT THE MONTANA AND THE CLASSIC..GREAT TO BE HERE.